Catalogue number SD-053

Saraswat Residence

Architecture and interiors · Duplex residence

Completed

live · Homes

The house at dusk: white volumes, a tall inset balcony lit in coral, a teal wall with an arched entrance and a wide picture window — Fig. 01 Front at dusk Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

01 Threshold

Stair hall: coral and teal painted walls under a stair with a timber handrail and black steel balusters, marble floor — Fig. 02 Stair hall Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Marble stair rising along a teal wall with a coral strip, timber handrail and black balusters, a white door beside it — Fig. 03 Stair Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Marble stair with a timber handrail and black balusters rising to a landing, a teal wall and a skylight above — Fig. 04 Stair Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Marble stair to an upper landing with exposed-brick walls, clerestory windows and lamps — Fig. 05 Upper landing Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Upper landing overlooking the stair: a railing, a brick wall, a lattice screen and clerestory windows — Fig. 06 Upper landing Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Wide marble stair rising to a landing with brick-clad walls, white doors and pendant lights — Fig. 07 Stair to the upper floor Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

02 Rooms

Living area with white panelled walls, wall lamps and a floating marble ledge, a lattice screen and the stair at left — Fig. 08 Living area Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Hall with an exposed-brick column and wall lamp, white doors and a glimpse of a kitchen with mint-green cabinets — Fig. 09 Hall Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Hall with the teal-walled stair, a teal door, a kitchen with mint-green cabinets and black-framed sliding doors — Fig. 10 Hall and kitchen Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Room under a sloping ceiling with a black-framed sliding door to a terrace and an exposed-brick panel — Fig. 11 Upper-floor room Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Room under a gabled ceiling with a fan and pendant, a white door and a coral-red wardrobe niche — Fig. 12 Upper-floor room Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Room under a gabled ceiling with a pendant light, wall lamps and a coral-red wardrobe niche — Fig. 13 Upper-floor room Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Bedroom wall with a coral-red wardrobe niche between wall lamps, an air conditioner above — Fig. 14 Bedroom Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Bathroom with a coral door open to a coral-red walk-in wardrobe, white tiles and a wall-hung vanity — Fig. 15 Bathroom and wardrobe Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

03 Details

Tall white volume with a deep inset balcony, its black steel railing and warm-lit coral recess against the evening sky — Fig. 16 Inset balcony Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Exposed-brick wall with a wall lamp beside a white door and a white lattice screen — Fig. 17 Brick wall and lattice screen Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Brick pier with a wall lamp beside a white lattice screen, the marble stair beyond — Fig. 18 Brick pier and stair Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

White lattice screen and brick pier framing a view to the stair, a teal door and the kitchen — Fig. 19 Lattice screen and hall Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

04 Views

Roof terrace at dusk: an external stair along a teal wall with a black railing, a glowing skylight strip and a tiled floor — Fig. 20 Roof terrace Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Teal wall beneath the external stair, lit by a wall lamp, on the terrace at dusk — Fig. 21 Terrace stair Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Room with a triangular gable window above a black-framed sliding door to a balcony — Fig. 22 Gable window Photograph: Studio Desk Architects

Drawings

Sheet 01 Ground and first floor plans Open Sheet 01: Ground and first floor plans
Sheet 02 Section through the stair Open Sheet 02: Section through the stair
Sheet 03 Front elevation Open Sheet 03: Front elevation
Sheet 04 Side elevation Open Sheet 04: Side elevation
Sheet 05 Section Open Sheet 05: Section

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